Grab Bag Numbers Game: Arabic Language Numbers 1-10

Today we were running behind on our day, and I decided to go ahead with the Arabic language version of our Grab Bag Numbers game, rather than the higher English Language numbers. We did a few Arabic numbers yesterday, so they were fresh in the Professors minds.

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Arabic Numbers Index Cards

Here are two charts from one of the books we use, that phonetically spells the numbers in English with  their symbol, from 1-10. Written Arabic is read from right to left.  In the first chart, Wahid starts of for number 1, and 'Asharah ends for number 10. In the second chart, the numbers are listed from 1-5 on the left, then 6-10 from on the right.

Baby Professor joined us in the school room today, and kept busy with this puzzle: 

This is a Melissa and Doug puzzle that makes noise when you put the pieces inside. You don't have to put the correct piece in to make the noise either, as long as the magnet senses the piece, it will make the noise. He loved it, Masha' Allah...for a time. When he got bored, and had discarded all the pieces, and the puzzle itself, I gave him this

This is our 'random puzzle pieces bin' It sits next to our puzzle holder, so when puzzles don't get put back together, pieces don't go wandering all over the classroom. It also serves as a quick, easy, and neat way for the Professors to help at clean up time, Alhumdullilah. Masha' Allah, this kept him busy through the rest of the lesson, and story time.

Here is our game bagged and ready to go

This game round, there was alot less silliness, and no focus on the number 10 card. I knew this would require more concentration, as Arabic is not our first language. The Professors did great Masha' Allah, and it was a good way to review our Arabic numbers. This game will be great practice, and I plan to pull it out often, insha' Allah. Using the blocks as counters worked out really well again Masha' Allah, and also served to keep wandering minds focused, by building with them when it was not their turn to play. I think playing in the school room also kept things more serious and formal, than playing in the playroom.

Thank You education.com for such a fun game : )